Topic: Harley and Davidson

[USMC5811]

Getting back to the 'really really big show' this may have been how they did up the bikes. Looks pretty old at first glance http://annarbor.craigslist.org/mcy/5754460053.html

 See there are Harley's also but have seen better than this one. http://annarbor.craigslist.org/mcy/5755912718.html

Bikes were built for the show. You could hear a starter in a couple scenes, before they had electric starters...

Just think of the untapped market "The Factory" could break into by producing replicas of those early bikes.


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[Desert-SOHC]

I would buy a replica....just to tool around town on.

[J-Rod10]

Getting back to the 'really really big show' this may have been how they did up the bikes. Looks pretty old at first glance http://annarbor.craigslist.org/mcy/5754460053.html

 See there are Harley's also but have seen better than this one. http://annarbor.craigslist.org/mcy/5755912718.html

Bikes were built for the show. You could hear a starter in a couple scenes, before they had electric starters...

Just think of the untapped market "The Factory" could break into by producing replicas of those early bikes.


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People making them now. Have been for years. $20K gets you an engine.

Look at this on eBay http://www.ebay.com/itm/281633153439

[BomberMann650]

$20,000 for an old school harley replica engine?!?

That's like, 200 used CB's

[J-Rod10]

He sells a good bit of them too.

I know where 2 original 29's are in a barn. I'll have them one day.

[Lostboy Steve]

Getting back to the 'really really big show' this may have been how they did up the bikes. Looks pretty old at first glance http://annarbor.craigslist.org/mcy/5754460053.html

 See there are Harley's also but have seen better than this one. http://annarbor.craigslist.org/mcy/5755912718.html

Bikes were built for the show. You could hear a starter in a couple scenes, before they had electric starters...

Yeah I noticed that as well. Also the part about speeds in excess of 90mph back in the early teens.

[Terry in Australia]

He sells a good bit of them too.

I know where 2 original 29's are in a barn. I'll have them one day.

Let me know if you want to sell one mate, it'll look nice parked next to my Elvis bike......

[754]

When you say 20 K for an engine..the name Fred Lange. Comes to mind.....hope its an 8 valve at that price..
 I have a 1914 twin H-D engine.. Rough needs lts of fin repair and most of the guts..

[J-Rod10]

When you say 20 K for an engine..the name Fred Lange. Comes to mind.....hope its an 8 valve at that price..
 I have a 1914 twin H-D engine.. Rough needs lts of fin repair and most of the guts..

8 valve, oval port.

[Terry in Australia]

Ha ha, last time I saw a slide carb on a vintage Harley engine, it had "Mikuni" cast into it. Poetic license?

[USMC5811]

Getting back to the 'really really big show' this may have been how they did up the bikes. Looks pretty old at first glance http://annarbor.craigslist.org/mcy/5754460053.html

 See there are Harley's also but have seen better than this one. http://annarbor.craigslist.org/mcy/5755912718.html

Bikes were built for the show. You could hear a starter in a couple scenes, before they had electric starters...

Just think of the untapped market "The Factory" could break into by producing replicas of those early bikes.


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People making them now. Have been for years. $20K gets you an engine.

Look at this on eBay http://www.ebay.com/itm/281633153439

I was thinking of something more mass produced and much cheaper. LOL


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[J-Rod10]

I think you'd be hard pressed to sell those to the masses. There is a novelty to them. My age group (I'm 28) is more interested in sport bikes, and new Harley's.

[Don R]

 Not so long ago, the local Abate Motorcycle Bash sold chances to bash a honda with a sledge hammer. After a few injuries they began dropping them from a crane. Now days they advertise they support the riders right to ride any bike they like.

[Terry in Australia]

Not so long ago, the local Abate Motorcycle Bash sold chances to bash a honda with a sledge hammer.

Yeah, those were days.........

[ekpent]

 Harley was reading this and just came out with a 2017 whole new engine, a 4 valve per cylinder called the "Milwaukee Eight".  Oh the power of the SOHC forum (and maybe Polaris)    https://ultimatemotorcycling.com/2016/08/25/2017-harley-davidson-milwaukee-eight-motors-11-fast-facts/

[Terry in Australia]

Ha ha, when I read that Eric, I couldn't help but imagine the actor who played Arthur Davidson standing in front of a crowd of 1903 era journalists while he told them all about the wonders of Harley Davidsons powerful new engine!

[BomberMann650]

Harley was reading this and just came out with a 2017 whole new engine, a 4 valve per cylinder called the "Milwaukee Eight".  Oh the power of the SOHC forum (and maybe Polaris)    https://ultimatemotorcycling.com/2016/08/25/2017-harley-davidson-milwaukee-eight-motors-11-fast-facts/

75% less dancing?!!

You can leave that motor behind
'Cause your motor don't dance and if motors don't dance
Well, they're no motor of mine

[chewbacca5000]

I am gone for a couple weeks and this whole place falls apart!  Now you guys are riding Harlley's?  The world must be about to end. 

As far as replicas I don't see the need for that as their current technology is already over dated. 

[grcamna2]

I am gone for a couple weeks and this whole place falls apart!  Now you guys are riding Harlley's?  The world must be about to end. 

As far as replicas I don't see the need for that as their current technology is already over dated.

lol   

[Terry in Australia]

Ha ha, There's a similar thread in a Harley forum that I frequent, and surprisingly, no Honda bashing? I guess Harley riders don't have that chip on their shoulders that you guys do?

[grcamna2]

Ha ha, There's a similar thread in a Harley forum that I frequent, and surprisingly, no Honda bashing? I guess Harley riders don't have that chip on their shoulders that you guys do?

I've ridden a Harley before Terry but I like Japanese bikes better and that's what I've always owned.I'm not really 'bogged-down' w/ a 'chip' personally.

I enjoy working on European/foreign cycles quite a bit too 

[Lostboy Steve]

I am gone for a couple weeks and this whole place falls apart!  Now you guys are riding Harlley's?  The world must be about to end. 

As far as replicas I don't see the need for that as their current technology is already over dated.

What's wrong you don't like SUHC (pronounced suck) engines?

[eigenvector]

It's interesting, we're talking about someone trotting out the old Harley engines remade with today's tooling. 

I remember reading a biography on WWI combat pilots and some of the best were also serious motorcycle riders.  None were Harley riders - that's not the point, but the riders were noted for "Roaring around the roads on their Wanderer or Moto Reve" and you look at the bikes they look less powerful than a bicycle.  Heck they look like bicycles.

I'm guessing that new Harley engine would be similar - slow, dull, and dangerous to operate.

[Terry in Australia]

It's interesting, we're talking about someone trotting out the old Harley engines remade with today's tooling. 

I remember reading a biography on WWI combat pilots and some of the best were also serious motorcycle riders.  None were Harley riders - that's not the point, but the riders were noted for "Roaring around the roads on their Wanderer or Moto Reve" and you look at the bikes they look less powerful than a bicycle.  Heck they look like bicycles.

I'm guessing that new Harley engine would be similar - slow, dull, and dangerous to operate.

Actually, looking at what you're currently riding, I think it'd be a heck of a lot more exciting!

[demon78]

Also WW2 combat pilots off to the pub with their bikes AJS, Norton, Matchless etc.
Bill the demon.